Garment-form.



E. LEVIN.

GARMENT FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. il. 1914.

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E. LEVIN.

GARMENT FORM. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1|. 1914.

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1HE NORRIS PETERS CO4. F'HOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D C.

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GARNIENT FORM.

APPLICATION Flu-:D MAR. 1|. |914.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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E. LEVIN.

GARMENT FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. i914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS C0. F'HoTG-LITHD.l WASHINGI'GN, D. C.

E. LEVIN.

GARMENT FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1|. |914.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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GARMENT FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. II. I9I4.

Patented A111220, 1915,

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EDWARD LEVN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-FORIVI.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 11915.,

Application filed March 11, 1914. Serial No. 823,854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LnyiN, a subject of the Czar of Russia,residing at New York city, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements 1nGarment-Forms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to an improvement in garment-forms, the objectbeing to provide a garment-form that can be adjusted as to waistdimensions, hip dimensions or length of waist, that is, to be made longor short-waisted, and made to conform to the shape of the person forwhich a garment is to be made.

To conform my improved garment form to the shape of a person, amasterpattern, waist, or full length garment is rst fitted to theperson, for whom a garment is to be made. The fitted master-pattern orgarment will naturally conform to all of the irregular lines of theperson, particular care being used to produce such a result. After themaster garment has been completed, it is placed upon the form, the saidform being manipulated to be slack, so to speak, that is to say, placedin condition for expansion. After the form has been placed in suchcondition, the master garment is placed thereupon, and secured togetherby hooks, buttons or other means around the form. After the mastergarment has been placed upon the form, the adjustable elements of theform are manipulated to ll out the master garment.

My improved form is provided with adjustable devices, or devicesdesigned to eX- pand or contract the form at certainpoints; theremainder of this form being adapted to accommodate itself to themaster-garment. The points of the form at which the adjustable devicesare located are those which could not be readily otherwise altered, forinstance, the breadth of the shoulders.A high or low chest region, flator rounded back, etc. The skirt portion of my improved form is designedto accommodate itself to the master garment including the hips, nomechanical adjustments being utilized.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the essentialfeatures of which will be summarized in the appended claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof; wherein:

Figure l is a diagrammatic side elevation of my improved form; Fig. 2 isan enlarged vertical sectional view of the neck section; Fig. 3 is asectional plan view thereof, the section being taken on a line 3--3 inFig. 2; Fig. t is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the skirtportion of the form, the section being taken on a line Llr-l in Fig. 5;Fig. 5 is a sectional plan View, the section being taken on a line 5--5in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is an enlarged face View of one of the elements of theskirt portion; Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the upper end of the skirtportion; Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the bustportion of the form, the neck portion being broken away, the upper endof the skirt-portion being also shown; Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectionaltop plan view of the adjustable mechanism located at the bust region ofthe bust-section, the section being taken on a line 9 9 in Fig. 8; Fig.10 is an enlarged vertical sectional view showing the adjustablemechanism located at the hack of the form, the section being taken on aline 10-10 in Fig. 8; Fig. ll is a vertical sectional detail Viewshowing the mechanism for altering the length of the waist, the sectionbeing taken on a line ll--ll in Fig. 8; Fig. l2 is a detail view, takenon a line 12-12 in Fig. ll; Fig. 13 is a similar view, taken on a line13--13 in Fig. 9; and Fig. la is a diagrammatic face view, showing themastergarment in the form of a waist or jacket applied to the form.

As herein embodied my improved garment form consists of a bust-sectionor portion A and a skirt section B, both of which are covered with asheathing C common to both, that is to say, the sheathing C is preferably in one piece, and covers both the bust and skirt sections.

The skirt portion of the form, designated by B, consists of a pluralityof independently yieldable ribs l secured, at their upper ends, to asupport 2 (see Figs. l to 7) consisting in this instance ofV twoplates?) and 4C. The remainder of each rib l is free to come and goindependently of its adjacent rib. Each rib l is provided with plates 5and 6 which act as filling elements for the space 7 between the ribs. Tocomplete the skirt portion, l place over the ribs l a covering 8 ofyieldable fabric. The plates 5 and 6 keep the fabric from bulging intothe spaces 7 between the ribs.`

Te build up the skirt portion B, I place one e 1d of each of a pluralityof the ribs 1 (while straight, as shownin F ig. 6) upon the plate 4. Ithen place the covering 8 upon the ribs after the ribs have been bent orbowed downwardly, the ribs being resilient; hence the ribs are held inthe formation illustrated by the covering 8. The ribs and covering arethen secured in place by the plate 3. rlhe above is my preferred way ofassembling the skirt parts; but this can be accomplished otherwise.

It will be obvious that the skirt portion B is a yieldable structurethroughout and is adapted to be contracted by the application ofexternal pressure, for the reason that the ribs 1 are not connectedtogether intermediate the ends thereof. The skirt portion will of coursebe constructed much larger than would ever be used for a garment, andhence it may be contracted t'o any of the usual sizes required. In thisinstance the whole form is supported by a tubular post 9 fitting a rod10 (Fig. 1) which rod is carried by a stand 11. The upper end of thepost 9 is provided with a clamp 12 engaging a trunnion 13 on the plate4. The clamp 12 is opened or closed by means of the clamping rod 14. Bymeans of the connection described, the whole form can be tilted to anyangle relative to the supporting posts.

The bust portion A of the form is made up of a skeleton frame, so tospeak, and a yieldable covering therefor, the skeleton frame beingsupported by tiltable posts 15 and 16 (Figs. 8, 9 and 11) pivotallysecured as at 17 to the plate 3 of the skirt section B. The posts 15 and16 consist of slidably connected rods 18 and 19, the rods 18 carrying across-bar 20 to which is secured a nut 21 engaging a threaded spindle22. The rods 19 carry a cross-head 23 carrying a smooth bored hub 24through which the smooth portion 25 of the spindle 22 passes and inwhich the said spindle rotates. T o the upper end of each rod 19 issecured a bar 26 extending transversely of the form, each end of thesaid bar being slidably fitted in a socket 27 secured to the arm-holeplates 28 of the bust section. Each arm-hole plate 28 is connected by aresilient band or strip 29 to the neck section support 30, theconnection being slidable or adjustable, the bands or strips 29 passingthrough slots 31 in said support 30. By manipulating the spindle 22 therods r19 can be moved longitudinally of the rods 18, thereby increasingor decreasing the length of the waist of the form. By pulling outwardlyupon the arm-hole plates 28 the Vshoulders can be broadened or madenarrower by lpushing the said plates 28 inwardly. The yieldable strips29 act to fill out the covering at the collar-bone region of thebust-section. To the rods 19 is also pivotally secured a frame 32consisting of sidebars 33, 33. Secured to the side bars 33 is across-bar 34 through which a rod 35 passes. The inner end of the rod 35is carried by a slidable cross-head 36 iitted in slots 37 in theside-bars 33, 33. The cross-head 36 is held in an adjusted position bybinding nuts 38 in the form of hand-wheels. To the outer end of theslidable rod 35 is secured a bar 39 to which are slidably connected orupon which are slidably mounted slides 40 and 41. The outer end of theslide 40 is pivotally connected to a resilient band 42, and the outerend of the slide 41 to a similar band 43, the said two bands being heldin slidable engagement by straps 44 and 45. Each band 42 and 43 isslidably connected to similar bands 46 and 47 respectively, located ateach side of the bust-form, and each side band 46 and 47 is slidablyconnected to a band 48 located at the back of the bust section. Bymoving the cross-head 36 in or out the bust can be enlarged ordecreased, the said adjustment being maintained as above stated. Theslidable connection of the bands 42, 46 and 48, and the bands 43, 47 and48, and the slidable connections of said bands one-to the other, permitof such adjustment.

To increase the fullness of the bust at the sides or region indicated byD-D Fig. 9, it is but necessary to force the bands 42 and 43 outwardlyat these points; the same would follow at the points indicated by E-EFig. 9, the slidable connection being stiff enough to hold the bandswhen adjusted.

To alter the back of the bust-section, I provide a frame F of resilientmembers (Fig. 10) consisting of vertical plates 49 and crossplates 50and connect said frame F to the supporting post rods 19 by means of abracket 51 (Fig. 8) and an adjustable connection 52 consisting of asocket 53, on the frame F, and a rod 54 slidably fitted thereto, carriedby the bracket 51. To alter the back, to make it more full or more flat,the set screw 54a will be manipulated or released and the socket 53moved in or out and secured in the desired position.

To alter the crown G of the chest, I provide adjustablv connected strips55 and 56 (Fig. 8) which are similar to the other adjustable stripsdescribed. The strips 55 and 5G extend from one arm-hole plate 28 to theother. j

To ll out the nape portion H of the neck, I provide a resilient shieldstrip 57 (Fig. 8) which is carried by the neck portion support 30.

The neck section of the form designated by I is yieldable throughout,similarly to the skirt portion B and is similarly constructed. The necksection I consists of the said support 30 and resilient ribs 58 carriedthereby and secured thereto at one end thereof. The outer end of eachrib 58 is secured to the covering C of the form. It will be evident thatthe neck section is compressible or expansible, being held in acompressed or expanded position by the master garment 60 hereinafterreferred to. To raise or lower the neck section to adjust the strips 29,I provide a threaded sleeve 59 which engages the support 80 and which iscarried by the smooth portion 25 of the spindle Q2.

In connection with my garment-form I employ a master-garment indicatedby 60 (see Figs. 8 and 14), which is secured upon the form by buttons orhooks indicated by 61, Fig. 14. 'Ihe master garment 60 is, as has beenstated, made to fit the ligure of the person to be fitted and thenplaced upon the form and secured. Atfer the master garment has beenplaced upon the form the various adjustable devices are manipulated tocause the bust-portion particularly to fill out the master garment. Theskirt portion I5 will adjust itself to the master garment, as will theneck portion I.

A further feature of my invention consists of a yieldable covering forthe bust and skirt portions, the said yieldable covering consisting offabric l62 having yieldable stays 63 sewed or otherwise secured thereto.The yieldable stays 63, which are preferably made out of thin springsteel, serve to ofer a little resistance when the master garment issecured to the form, thereby causing the said covering to fit itself tothe master garment.

It will be noted that the stays 62 at the front of the form do notextend to the neck, while those at the back do, those at the sidespassing over the shoulders. The crown portion G of the bust is made freefrom stays in order that it can be raised or lowered. The bust portion Ais held in any tilted position by a securing device 64, consisting of apiston 65 which is pivotally secured to the supports 15 and 16, andwhich slides in the socket 65a, the socket being pivotally secured tothe plate 3. A spring 66 bears against the piston 65, thereby exerting acertain amount of frictional resistance, which acts to prevent thepiston sliding too freely.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. In a garment form, the combination of a skirt-portion with ahorizontal support to which the upper end of said skirt-portion isattached, a bust-portion mounted on said support, means, also mounted onthe latter, for permitting the tilting the said bust-portion, ahorizontal trunnion attached to the underside of said support, a postand a clamp on said post engaging said trunnion and permitting theentire form to be tilted to any desired angle and vfastened in suchposition.

2. In a garment form, the combination of a skirt-portion with abust-portion, means for supporting the entire form and adjusting it as awhole to diierent angles of inclination, and means for adjusting thebustportion independently in any tilted position.

3. In a garment form, the combination of a skirt-portion with abust-portion, a support between and connecting these portions, a postprovided with means for adjustably engaging said support to permit theadjustment of the form as a whole to dierent angles of inclination, apair of posts pivoted on said support and sustaining the bustportion andan inclined securing device consisting of a spring held piston slidingin a socket said device connecting said pair of posts obliquely to saidsupport and said posts and securing device providing for the independentadjustment of said bust-portion to different positions of inclination.

4. In a garment form, a skirt-portion consisting of expansible elements,in combination with a horizontal support composed of a pair of platesholding the upper ends of said elements between them and having anormally horizontal trunnion suspended rigidly from the under plate, aclamp engaging said trunnion for adjusting said skirt-portion to anydesired angle of inclination and means for supporting said clamp.

5. In a garment form, a bell-shaped skirtportion consisting of suspendedresilient radially expansible ribs and a covering for holding them inposition, in combination with a pair of horizontal plates adapted toreceive the upper ends of said ribs horizontally between them, means forholding said plates together, a post supporting said plates andskirt-portion, and connections between said post and the lower platepermitting said skirt-portion to be adjusted to different tiltedpositions.

6. A garment form having a skirt portion consisting of two horizontalplates at the top thereof, flexible depending ribs adapted to have theirupper ends secured in horizontal position between said plates and acovering fitting on said ribs to hold the greater part of each rib inposition extending downward.

7. A garment form having a skirt portion provided with a circular seriesof depending individually flexible ribs, means for holding their upperends bent inward toward each other, means for holding the ribs indownwardly extending position and plates attached to said ribs forfilling the spaces between them.

8. In a garment-form a bust section comprising a yieldable neck section,arm-hole plates, a support for said neck section, yieldable strapsconnecting said support and said arm-hole plates, and means to raise orlower said neck-section support and the straps secured thereto.

9. In a garment form, a skeleton frame spreading in order that it mayretain its consisting of a radially expansible skirtproper form. 10

portion and a radially expansible bust-por- Signed at New York city, N.Y., this 7th tion, means for adjusting them collectively day of March,1914.

to different tilted position, means for ad- EDWARD LEVIN. justing thebust-portion independently to Witnesses:

dierent tilted positions, and means for EDUARD A. JARVIS,

holding the parts of said frame against RUTH MEYERS.

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